MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2508031800F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 47.46,-95.38 Latitude: 47.46 Longitude: -95.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 148 SFC 963 475 19.2 17.8 92 1.4 18.2 151 12 295.5 297.9 292.8 334.1 13.43 2 950 589 18.4 17.5 94 1.0 17.8 154 18 295.9 298.3 292.9 334.3 13.35 3 900 1051 15.9 15.7 99 0.2 15.8 167 40 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.3 12.54 4 850 1537 14.9 10.1 73 4.8 11.9 185 38 301.8 303.4 291.4 328.9 9.18 5 800 2049 13.1 7.5 69 5.5 9.7 193 27 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.7 8.17 6 750 2589 10.1 1.1 53 9.0 5.3 189 22 307.5 308.6 290.1 324.5 5.52 7 700 3159 7.0 1.2 66 5.8 3.9 198 21 310.3 311.4 291.4 328.8 5.97 8 650 3763 1.7 0.3 90 1.4 1.0 184 11 310.9 312.0 291.6 329.5 6.02 9 600 4405 -2.4 -4.3 87 1.9 -3.3 174 11 313.4 314.3 291.2 328.1 4.65 10 550 5090 -6.0 -6.0 100 0.0 -6.0 210 16 317.0 317.8 292.0 331.2 4.44 11 500 5833 -10.3 -10.3 100 0.0 -10.3 225 10 320.5 321.2 292.2 332.0 3.49 12 450 6639 -15.0 -16.6 87 1.7 -15.5 275 12 324.4 324.9 292.3 332.3 2.32 13 400 7519 -20.1 -25.9 60 5.8 -21.5 276 19 328.8 329.1 292.5 333.0 1.16 14 350 8498 -26.3 -29.6 74 3.2 -27.0 256 19 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.94 15 300 9592 -35.1 -38.2 73 3.1 -35.5 262 16 335.9 336.0 293.7 337.7 0.47 16 250 10836 -45.3 -48.7 69 3.3 -45.6 245 26 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12285 -56.5 -60.3 62 3.8 -56.6 236 81 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14114 -57.3 -68.5 23 11.2 -57.5 290 1 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.5 0.03 19 100 16695 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 200 9 417.9 417.9 307.4 417.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.94 m Freezing level: 629.32 mb = 4028.46 m = 13216.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.65 mb = 3904.34 m = 12809.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.74 mb = 645.17 m = 2116.68 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 5.38 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.47 mb = 1733.24 m = 5686.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.89 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 20.41 C K Index: 29.49 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.83 mb = 1081.02 m = 3546.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.83 mb = 3616.32 m = 11864.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 441.83 mb = 6775.80 m = 22230.04 ft B at Equ Level: 109.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 341.83 mb = 8665.32 m = 28429.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.6 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 219.6 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.2 neg: -26.2 tot: 205.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 19.60 m/s